Timeline: How the Kayleigh Haywood murder investigation unfolded

Police search a field off Ashby Road in Belton, Leicestershire, for Kayleigh Haywood who vanished after she was dropped off at Ibstock Community College, near her home in Measham, Leicestershire.PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Wednesday November 18, 2015. The missing schoolgirl has not been seen since Friday. See PA story POLICE Kayleigh. Photo credit should read: Joe Giddens/PA Wire

Police hunting for missing Kayleigh Haywood discovered a body in a field in Ibstock late last night.

The investigation has been fast paced since the 15-year-old schoolgirl was last seen on Friday evening.

Use our interactive map and timeline to follow the course of the investigation so far.

Time Line

Kayleigh Haywood murder timeline

6pm Friday November 13 2015

Kayleigh Haywood is dropped off outside Ibstock Community College

AM Saturday November 14

Kayleigh is in contact with her parents by phone

Monday November 16

Two men aged 27 and 28 are arrested in connection with Kayleigh's disappearance. The arrests are made in the Coalville and Ibstock areas

Tuesday November 17

Police search a house and parkland. CCTV and house-to-house enquiries are carried out and a number of scenes have been secured by officers. Cordons remain in place in the Ibstock area, including one at Sence Valley Forest Park

Tuesday November 17

Police say they have found Kayleigh's mobile phone in Melbourne Road, Ibstock, and believe she may have been in the Sence Valley Forest Farm Park area on Saturday afternoon

PM Tuesday November 17

Kayleigh's parents make a heartfelt plea for help to find their daughter. Stephanie Haywood and Martin Whitby said: "Your brothers and sister are missing you and just want you home. We all miss you so much especially Mertle, your little sister. Please come home, you’re not in any trouble, we just want you back safe and sound.”

AM Wednesday November 18

A layby is cordoned off by police as part of the investigation. The area in Belton, near Loughborough, is sealed off alongside a nearby field by officers as the search for the 15-year-old Measham schoolgirl intensifies

PM Wednesday November 18

Police say they are now treating the investigation as a murder case. The two men originally arrested on suspicion of kidnap are re-arrested on suspicion of murder. Detective Chief Superintendent David Sandall, Head of Crime, said: “Since we started looking for Kayleigh we have found her mobile phone in Melbourne Road, Ibstock, and items of clothing which we believe are hers in the Ibstock and Diseworth areas. In all the circumstances, we fear the worst and have told her family to prepare themselves that we are now treating her disappearance as a murder enquiry."

PM Wednesday November 18

The main road through Ibstock is closed as investigations continue. The A447 through the village is shut, with a rolling roadblock in place to allow officers to carry out a search along the roadside verges

PM Wednesday November 18

Kayleigh's parents Stephanie Haywood and dad Martin Whitby: “We have not seen Kayleigh since Friday. It is breaking our hearts and we are shedding tear after tear. Her brothers and sisters are constantly asking for her and if anyone knows anything we beg you to come forward. We just need to know what has happened to our baby girl.”

10pm Wednesday November 18

Police find a body in a field in Ibstock. Kayleigh's family are informed of the discovery. Two men remain in police custody

10am Thursday November 19

Police say they believe the body found in Ibstock is that of Kayleigh. An application was granted by magistrates to hold the two men arrested for a further and final 24 hours

10pm Thursday November 19

Police charge Stephen Beadman, 28, with murder and one count of rape. Luke Harlow, 27, is charged with grooming and two counts of sexual activity with a child

1.30pm Tuesday June 28 2016

Both defendants are found guilty of false imprisonment after a trial by jury. They had previously pleaded guilty to all other charges.